After numerous users have been left with a non-functional iPhone 6 or 6S after attempting to upgrade to the latest iOS 9.3, Apple may be facing the repercussions of the iPhone error 53 through a potential class action suit against them. This is hardly a surprise as it’s undeniable that the company could have handled the situation with a lot more class than it has.
In essence, error 53 is the iPhone killer – as some would call it – as any iPhone 6 or above user that has been experiencing issues with their home button or has, at one point, fixed a broken home button in a third party service center and tried to update to the latest iOS version ended up with an unusable phone. As soon as someone would try to update, they would receive the Error 53 screen; that would instantly brick the phone and you would have nothing else to ado but to literally buy a new phone.
With no notice from Apple, no fix for it and no apparent plan to make it up to the ones affected, Apple seems to be facing potential class action suit. The company defends itself against accusations by stating that “Error 53” is a hardware issue caused by the user and that Apple cannot honor repairs via standard warranty. Even if ‘caused by the user’ mostly means that they resorted to non-Apple repair stores instead.
Some users already believe that Error 53 is nothing other than Apple’s attempt to throttle the third party service center market and leave no alternative for users other than using Apple’s own repair services. iOS 9.3 seems to have been built to detect unauthorized repairs and/or use of unauthorized parts and instantly brick the phone as a result.
A law firm from Seattle, PCVA, has stated that it will begin an investigation on the matter in order to possible motion a class-action suit against Apple because of the belief that Apple is deliberately forcing users to no other alternative than their own repair shops.
Other individuals believe that this is a method of protecting its users however, considering that the fingerprint data stored on the device would otherwise be leaked.
But because the issue had no prior notice and there’s a vehement refusal of the company to assist the ones who have fallen victim to Error 53, Apple surely hasn’t made a lot of fans with this ordeal. And because simply having to buy a new smartphone wasn’t enough, Error 53 also instantly wipes out all of your stored data – photos, texts, apps – so unless you had all of that backed up, you would lose it forever.
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